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University of Bridgeport’s Parrow to manage NECBL’s Danbury Westerners

By Richard Gregory| on
September 23, 2015

DANBURY — The Danbury Westerners of the New England Collegiate Baseball League have named University of Bridgeport pitching coach Josh Parrow as their manager. The 25-year-old Parrow had served as the Westerners’ pitching coach last summer under then-manager Ryan Smyth, who spent one season at the helm.

Parrow is the ninth manager in the Westerners’ 22-year history and takes over following back-to-back 13-29 seasons.

“I want to get this upcoming season going. I really want to get the team on the field and work hard with my staff to develop these young men in their progression toward Major League Baseball,” Parrow said in a press release issued by the Westerners. “There is so much history here in Danbury and success in years past. I look forward to building on that success.”

Parrow began coaching college ballplayers at the age of 17 in the Albany Twilight League. From there, he played collegiate baseball at Herkimer County Community College before transferring to the University of Bridgeport, where he played his final two years.

He has served as pitching coach at the University of Bridgeport since 2011, a team that won a share of the 2015 East Coast Conference regular-season title for the first time in school history. In addition, he was named Coach of the Year in the West Haven Twilight League, helped coach Fedells’ Mechanics, a Bridgeport Senior City League team, to three straight National Amateur Baseball Federation World Series, and served as pitching coach of the NECBL’s North Adams SteepleCats in 2014.